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Could we make it a Slash fund? I want to book him as keynote guitarist for S4GRU I/O at the Moscone Center in July. AJ

The simple answer is that GSM/W-CDMA and even LTE use MCCs, MNCs, and LACs. Mobile Country Code, Mobile Network Code, and Location Area Code. The latter two are more or less equivalent to CDMA2000 (or ANSI-41) SIDs and NIDs. Whenever a GSM/W-CDMA or LTE device detects a new LAC, it tries to register, and the network confirms whether the device is allowed to use certain/all services in that LAC. By the way, based upon some info that we have gleaned from a new Android signal app, Sprint may be reusing its CDMA2000 NIDs as LACs. But that info is still in the confirmation stages. That is a great question. Honestly, I do not know what, if any acquisition assistance tables that GSM/W-CDMA or LTE devices store locally. AJ

That would be my argument, too. However, Sprint may wish to use different downtilt settings for different airlinks in the same band, and that requires separate antennas. Not to mention, LTE requires a MIMO configuration, while CDMA2000 does not. AJ

The other thought would be to get your Airave on a different carrier channel from that of your neighbor's Airave. Honestly, that should be configurable -- either by Sprint tech support or via a little bit of end user hacking -- but I am not sure that it is. Sprint has seven potential CDMA2000 carrier channel assignments in Raleigh-Durham, so there is enough spectrum to go around, though that could be a problem in other markets. AJ

I would prefer a slush fund for S4GRU. AJ

We should set up a PayPal relief fund for Dan. AJ

First, the above is a rant, and S4GRU does not permit rants. See the rules: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1197-s4gru-posting-guidelines-aka-the-rulez/ Second, S4GRU is not affiliated with Sprint. Complaining to us does nothing. We cannot speed up or slow down Network Vision deployment. We can only report progress as it is anticipated and as it actually occurs. Third, take any group of cities and one will always be the last to get something. In the case of Sprint LTE and the West Coast cities you name, Seattle may very well be the last. That is just how the world works sometimes, so get used to it. AJ

When have you used an AT&T device? If only in the past few years, then you were likely on W-CDMA (not GSM) 95 percent of the time. AJ

That is a TDMA airlink burst phenomenon. It affects GSM, too. AJ

Your roaming data usage is 825 kB or 825 MB? AJ

Your neighbor needs to lock down his Airave so that only permitted devices use it. AJ

Use Western Union to wire me the $20. I am located in Nigeria, but I will see that Robert gets the money the next time that I am in New Mexico. AJ

Possibly stronger, but not necessarily. Regardless, your Ec/Io and RSRQ readings are not very good. Signal strength matters little if signal quality is poor. AJ

Since the iPhone 4 redesign, the iPhone has used an external antenna. Absent iPhone 4 "antenna-gate," RF performance has been measurably very good. That is the least of your worries. AJ

"S3" could be expressed as 7-bit ASCII. So, that would be two bits short of two bytes. AJ

Okay, people, if you want to keep this thread open, keep the ad nauseum Android/iOS debate to a minimum. Thanks... AJ

After all of the money spent on beer, dead dogs, and alimony, do NASCAR fans have anything leftover for LTE devices, let alone LTE service? AJ

Do Oops! I Crapped My Pants compete with Depends? AJ

The issue is not stupid, but we are 70+ posts into the thread with still no resolution in sight. That is the surprising point. AJ

I cannot believe that this thread is already going on 75 posts... AJ

In the Kansas market? If memory serves me correctly, the Network Vision playbook indicates around 600 sites, divided roughly 400 Kansas City, 200 Wichita. AJ

These people need to be introduced to the Jitterbug, which (coincidentally enough) was probably a popular dance in their time, too. AJ

Apparently, about two minutes. AJ

You guys are missing the joke. That a new iPhone will be released in a given year is hardly breaking news. Talk of a new iPhone lasts *only* everyday for the 150-250 days in the year before a new iPhone is inevitably released. Sigh... AJ

Hold the phone! Apple is going to release iPhone 6 this year?! No way! That would only follow the schedule for every iPhone released thus far. AJ